"This dog just appeared out of nowhere and followed us for an entire week during our trekking trip in the Himalayan outback
. . . When I decided to get up at 4 a.m. to climb the next 5000 m peak
for sunrise he accompanied me as well. On the top he was sitting for the
entire 30 minutes on this place."

Posted by trot-trot at Reddit EarthPorn, where the interesting comment thread includes the following:

"Your spiritual journey of a lifetime. His average Tuesday."
"These people just appeared out of nowhere and followed me for an entire week."
"Maybe it wasnt a dog, but a spirit guide."
"We met the same dog trekking over the Korzok Range near Tso Moriri! The
first night he slept under my tent's fly, then in my friend's vestibule.
For a couple of days we didn't feed him, trying to encourage him to go
'home' - that was very hard because he was such a lovely dog. After we
crossed a 5900+m pass we had no choice, and fed him well. He was a
wonderful companion, but eventually abandoned us for a group of mountain
bikers, who presumably had better food! I only have one picture of him,
but it was taken at the top of a pass, the only time he was cold and
sad." tywkiwdbi

Friday, 24 January 2014

On the morning of May 19th, 1902, a huge explosion ripped through Fraterville Coal Mine in Tennessee killing 216 miners on the spot. 26 miners made it to a side passage where they suffocated while waiting for help to come. They had just enough time to write a few words to their loved ones.
Letters of Note posted one of these, a heartrending letter written by Jacob Vowell to his wife, Sarah Ellen, mother to their 6 children, one of whom, 14-year-old Elbert, was by his side in the mine.